Trichomonas
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Trichomonas
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Trichomonas is a genus of anaerobic protists that are parasites of vertebrates. They are included with the Parabasalids,
Species of Trichomonas include:
- Trichomonas vaginalis, an organism generally living inside the human urinogenital tract.
- Trichomonas gallinae, which infects birds, causing canker in pigeons and doves, and frounce in raptors. Frounce-like lesions found in the fossil jaws of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex were probably caused by a parasite similar to Trichomonas gallinae.[1]
- Trichomonas tenax, an organism found in the oral cavity of humans, cats, and dogs
- Trichomonas termopsidis, found in termite guts[2]
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